Can you still sync your iDevice when using this battery pack as a pass-through? Can you still sync your iDevice when using this battery pack as a pass-through?
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No, which is a good thing for me anyway. I plug it into my PC to charge and I don't want itunes popping up on me! If I plug the battery pack in, and then connect the cable, it charges all up great, no itunes popping up getting in my way. No need for itunes anymore, it's backed up into the cloud anyway, wireless!!!
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Yes, you can do pass-through charging with this unit. That means while it's internal battery is being charged, you can still use its USB port to recharge another device. This comes in handy especially when used in the car. Even when the car's 12V battery is cut off, this unit will continue to charge your phone through its internal battery.
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To my understanding you should be able to use just won't be able to sync when plugged in computer. If you need further support, the folks at ibattz are great. support@ibattz.com ask for Robin.
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Yes you can. I rarely use it that way since the battery life is so great but for those moments when I forget to charge it I just plug it in to charge and it still works.
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you can see the battery level on your phone when it's connected via bluetooth (speaking from experience with iPhone 6 running iOS 8 - not sure about other phones)
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It does bug you to synch every day, but you can easily ignore that and use without synching. Synching online does not really do much for you except update the app periodically and charge the device. But you can charge to a plug as well. It tracks you by week and month on the striiv, itself.
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Hi Teresa! First off to clarify this is the 16gb version but the iPod is Bluetooth compatible so I don't think you'd have an issue syncing it up with it. Thanks! Matt
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I can't answer that question. I synched it to my iPhone. The iPhone pretty much does the synching on its own. Sorry.
727555
I don't have an IPad, 2 or otherwise. However, the battery pack just takes the place of a wall charger. Anything you could do with the wall charger, you could do with the battery pack.
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I used it through the iOS 7 and iOS 7.0.4 updates and it worked just fine afterward. It has been a great product; I don't worry about charging at work or when I travel.
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I just tried it out with the new iPad. It will power up and sync, but the Camera Connection Kit (both USB and SD) will NOT work - I get the message: "This Accessory is not supported by iPad."
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The manual in the one I received today says "Note: iPad charging is not supported when connected with a computer". I can charge or sync, but not both.
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Thats a good question, from what I have seen so far yes you are able to charge your device first. However, I noticed that when I started charging my iPad it actually drained so much power that it appeared the Anker could not keep up.Both Anker and iPad where empty when I started the test, when the iPad reached 50% it simply stopped charging.I have not had this issue when charging my iphone. I have not yet done the ipad charing scenario again. I'll post up a new review if I notice anything new. Otherwise I'm very happy with the amount of portable power available.
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DO NOT UPDATE YOUR I-devices to ios 8.0+ I just updated mine a 2 days ago and it no longer recognized the device or "resolution" as it displays on the TV screen. I checked online and apparently it's Apple's way to force us to use their official products, so don't update or you're out of luck because they removed "down-grading" from now on.
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In response to your question yes it does charge my IPhone. I have not attempted to use it to sync my phone. The external speaker system I have has a docking station. However I can't use it because of the waterproof case on my IPhone won't allow docking. The new cord allows me to connect my phone to the speaker.
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If you have it on battery power it will turn it on or off. If you use it via USB you can hit it to synch rather than click on the interface....though I don't know why you would bother. Basically it's there to save battery life of you were ever to use it like that. I would imagine you could take out into the field or something of that nature.
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There's still an issue. the battery is supposed to last about a week. it discharges in one day. I received a replacement for it but the replacement will not synch with my phone :-(